Bartine Emerges as Nye County Judge Candidate
In the Golifield Tribune report, P A McCarran says he will decline the Nye County District Judge post, paving the way for ex-Congressman H F Bartine, backed by Senator Newlands. Bartine, once a Republican, aligns with Newlands who favors Southern Pacific stock interests. A local split between P E Keeler and Fred Dale Wood complicates the field as party factions maneuver behind the scenes.
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Golifield Tribune
P. A. McCarran
Nye County
H.F. Bartine
Newlands
F. Li Norcross
Horton
Barton
Congress
Kumaga
Democrats
Silver Republic
Bartine
Newland
Sharon
Southern Pacific
P E. Keeler
Fred Dale Wood
Wood
McCarran
Billy
Nye
Storey County
Star Fish Commission Receives 120000 Trout From Truckee River
The Star Fish Commission, comprising Senator C ryrk George T Mills and E Berington, received 120000 raintew trout from the Truckee river. Spawn is taken to the local hatchery for storage until July when they will be distributed to Nevada waters. A crew on the Truckee continues the spawning work. Officials expect about two and a half million trout from the Truckee to be planted across the state next summer. The trout are deemed the state’s best game fish.
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Star Fish Commission
Senator C Ryrk
George T. Mills
Berington
Truckee
Nevada
Railroads End Reduced Fare Classes After Nebraska Bill
Railroads in Nebraska suspend all reduced fare classes in retaliation for a 2 cent fare bill. The move aims to set a single cent fare as the only rate on Nebraska passenger travel. A teacher near Motebo Oklahoma was killed after students beat him following an attempted whipping of a pupil. The assailants were punished. Mayor Schmitz recounts a Washington visit and defends maintaining rights while pushing exclusion policies for Japanese laborers and stricter immigration laws next Congress session.
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Nebraska
Perry Evans
Motebo
Okishoma
Schmitz
San Francisco
Washington
Cougre
Attempted Lacendiarism at Goldfield Consolidated Mines Block
A dastardly plot last Monday aimed to fire the Consolidated Mines Company block at Goldfield by sabotaging a stovepipe and wiring it to the telephone line. Investigators report the plan would have ignited a blaze, but only charred stadding occurred. no suspects located as mining location blanks are offered for sale at the Suxtixxs office.
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Buro
Consolidated Mines Company
Goldfield
Telephone Company
Nines Company
Suxtixxs
Active Operations At Tenaro Mines In Bullton District
Mines in the Bullton Mining District are shipping ore as several new companies pledge spring startups in the Hoitian area. The Pocatello Nevada Mining & Milling Co owns five Tenbo claims, with shaft sinking begun and buildings rising. Cusick Syndicate started development via leasing, while multiple Jensera crews work along the vein. Casick (presumably J. J. Cusick) plans in New York to finalize extensive district interests and mill water works. Phoenix G & Copper Mining Co is organized to work the Howie lease, with a 800-foot shaft to begin and a tunnel exposing a 6-foot lead. ore valued at around 100 per ton. Riggs-Lent lease on the Giant claim ships ore to Salt Lake sampling works. Reliance Mining Co reports a 25-ton high-grade shipment from Little Gem, from an incline shaft at 325 feet depth, with copper content at 20 percent or more and notable gold and silver values.
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Pocatello Nevada Mining & Milling Company
Tenbo
Cusick Syndicate
J. J.cusick
Casick
New York
Phoenix G & Copper Mining
Phoenix Lode
Gold Quartz Mining Company
Salt Lake
Reliance Mining Company
Little Gem
Nevada News Briefs From Across Counties
Officials set 1907 county tax rates and announce a new Siegee post office with Harold Siegee as postmaster. Gaus, Nelson signed for a July Ely fight. Washoe and Humboldt rates noted. trial begins for Dr Wickman in Reno. Western Pacific track reaches 110 miles from Salt Lake City. a Buffalo Pitts traction engine to test farming plows. Fallon man J W Carroll sentenced for manslaughter. Tonopah to Reveille mail route bids sought, 67 miles, $1900 bond.
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Tex Rickard
Joe Gaus
Battling Nelson
Ely
Eiko County
Humboldt County
Siegee
White Pine County
Schelbourne
Harold L. Siegee
Western Pacific
Salt Lake City
Nevada
Tonopah
Reveille
Post Office Department
Aboud
Notorious Frank Smith Killed in Goldfield Shootout
Goldfield March 9 Justice seemed absent as Constable Jim Foley faced the notorious Frank Smith who three years earlier murdered Walter Dann at Tonopah. In a saloon confrontation Foley tried to disarm Smith, Smith fired, Foley’s gun misfired, Foley clubbed Smith with a pistol, fracturing his skull, and the coroner's jury exonerated Foley.
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Goldfield
Jim Foley
Frank Smith
Walter Dann
Tonopah
Smith
Foley
Stith
Water Rights Sale Shakes Round Mountain District
In Round Mocotais Nevada on March 12 the Round Mountain Daisy Mining and Milling Co bought all district water rights for 185000. The deal covers Jefferson Creek and springs on the Shoshone and Toding ranches and will supply water for milling to mines in Nye County. Daisy plans a large reservoir to serve placer miners, signaling a major impact for the Round Mountain district.
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Mocotais
Nevada
Round Mountain Daisy Mining and Milling Company
Jefferson Creek
Shoshone
Daisy Company
Nye County
Round Mountain District
Legislative notes on Nevada tax and governance actions
A Nevada Assembly debate ends without passage of the bill to abolish the State Bullion Tax Collector office by two votes. Various measures are noted: a tax on farm value versus mortgage, a terminal point for transcontinental lines being sought, a grazing land rent sharing with county schools, a Bass law proposal, and foreign corporations paying equal fees to operate in Nevada. The piece references John Sparks as a possible U.S. Senator if political tides shift and notes the governor’s signature on Senator Woodbury’s resolution.
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Woodbury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coryell
Crilaria
Carson
Senate
Bass
John Sparks
United States
Nevada
Newlands
Nut of Providence
Sparkes
Nevada Press Comment Sparks Local Praise and Payoffs
The Nevada Independent objects to a Legislative News Bureau compliment for Assemblyman Winter, calling it an opening wedge for broader praise of the Elko County delegation and signaling it will publish further communications only with payment. A Carson City report notes Buck Togalis pressuring the Southern Pacific case witness W W Woodruff to leave the state, potentially harming Ingalls in the Ingalls mining case. In Elko County, the court dismissed charges and discharged Robert Steele in a grand larceny case involving horses willed by Frank Honeyman, while co-defendants had cases dropped.
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Legislative News Bureau
Winter
Elko County
Independent
Elko Independent
Carson City
Nevada
Ingalls
Buck Togalis
Southern Pacific Company
Clinghouse Canyon
W. W. Woodruff
Lowers
Robert Steele
Stephen Steele
E! Hayman
Frank Hoveyman
Judge Brace
Elko
Weck
Honeyman
Army Officers to Dig Canal Head Goethals to lead three engineers group
Major George W. Goethals of the United States Army is chosen to head a trio of government engineers to complete the isthmus canal project. He is regarded as an efficient engineer with substantial experience. The engineering chiefs will receive unprecedented pay, with Goethals as chief set to earn about fifteen thousand dollars and two thousand more than Admiral Dewey. The President indicated the salary level for Goethals would be fixed at fifteen thousand dollars. In a separate note, the Moyer Haywood case is set for trial about mid April, with Attorney General Hawley stating the federation officials face complicity charges in the Stettenberg assassination.
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Army
Canal
George W. Goethals
United States Army
Isthmus
Goethals
Admiral Dewey
Moyer-Haywood
Bois
Wiaho
Hawley
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Caldwell
Federation
Gov
Stennenberg
Mormon Colony Settling 18000 Acres in Nevada
Reno Gazette reports the Mormon Church has secured 18000 acres in White Pine County Nevada to establish a colony. The land will be subdivided into small farms for church members who will farm and pay as able, boosting Nevada’s population with irrigation project support nearby.
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Nevada
Reno Gazette
Mormon Church
White Pine County
Mexico
Canada
Fallon
Miner William McFarland Killed in Belmont Mine
Tonopah Miner reports miner William McFarland aged 42 was killed Saturday at the Belmont mine in Tonopah. He prepared blasting holes, lit fuses and returned to a crosscut where others joined him. A hung fire then a second shot killed him instantly.
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Tonopah
William McFarland
Belmont
McFarland
Steve Adams Jury Disagrees in Tyler Murder Case
Wallace Idaho March 7 The jury in the Steve Adams murder trial could not reach a verdict after deliberating since yesterday afternoon and was discharged by Judge Woods. Jurors were seven to six for conviction at the final ballot, six to six for acquittal, with plans to retry in October. Defense lawyers argue the county may drop the case due to high costs estimated at thirty five thousand dollars.
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Wallace
Idaho
Steve Adams
Fred Tyler
Aince
Woods
Adams
Tyler
Shoshone
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